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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1927, and the Liabilities on that Date.

I I ' I I Nu ™ f ber | Total Ex sf,Sl it o Ure ' Recoveries Total Total T„w» ' w i Net Expenditure [ „ I on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure w i to ! Services to 31st March, 1927. and WorKS - Detafls. ! 31st March, 1926. 31 gt March 1927 | Previous Tears. 31st. March, 1927. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 48,431,119 1,480,807 95,647 49,816,279 122,980 50,017,008 Railways.* Roadsf .. .. .. 15,684,081 578,128 981 16,261,228 74,969 16,336,197 Roads, f Development of mining .. .. 832,975 .. .. 832,975 .. 832,975 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. .. 8,108,366 558,042 .. 8,666,408 211,700 8,878,108 Telegraphs. Public buildings .. .. .. 9,604,988 326,039 10,740 9,920,287 20,880 9,941,167 Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour-works, and har- 1,206,692 19,021 204 1,225,509 861 1,226,370 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 2,293,023 115,866 35,948 2,372,941 2,198 2,375,135 Departmental. 18 of 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-development, ii of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. .. 50,000 .. 50.000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration .. .. .. 2,932,490 184,918 .. 3,117,408 | 20,238 3,137,646 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,061,739 .. 535 2,061,204 .. 2,061,204 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1,208,132 34,014 751 1,241,395 .. 1,241,395 Defence. : Charges and expenses of raising loans.. 2,340,952 155,373 .. 2,496,325 .. 2,496,325 Charges and expenses of raising loans. | Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. ■ Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. | Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 392,628 31,981 .. 424,609 992 425,601 Tourist and health resorts. Lands .. .. 300,151 56,267 135 | 356,283 1,585 357,868 Lands improvement.! Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. Irrigation and water-supply§ .. 677,408 56,937 .. 734,345 3,478 737,823 Irrigation and water-supply-! Plant, material, and stores .. .. 384,632 Cr. 24,148 1,992 358,492 2,610 361,102 Plant, material, and storeB. Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. 14,166 6,302 .. 20,468 1,053 : 21,521 Quarries (acquisition and operation). Timber-supply and sawmills for Public 4,174 8,512 .. 12,686 1,367 14,053 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department Works Department. Motor Transport Services .. .. 33,635 .. .. 33,635 1 .. 33,635 Motor Transport Services. Transfer to Main Highways Account, 226,000 400,000 .. 626,000 .. 626,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals.. .. .. 97,249,958 3,988,059 146,933 101,091,084 ! 464,911 101,555,995 Totals. * Exclusive of expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement and Railways Improvement Accounts. t Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1) Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. t £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under this item, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. § Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Acoount, 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improvement, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.